Falkner Island Light

Falkner Island Light

Location	Long Island Sound, Connecticut
Coordinates
Year first constructed	1802
Year first lit	1802
Automated	1978
Foundation	Fieldstone
Construction	Brownstone with Brick lining
Tower shape	Octagonal
Height	46 ft (14 m), 94 feet (29 m) above sea level
Original lens	9 Lamps, 16 inch reflectors, 1840
Current lens	VRB-25
Range	13 nm
Characteristic	white flash every 10 s
ARLHS number	USA-282

Falkner Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, off Guilford Harbor on Long Island Sound.

History

Falkner Island Lighthouse was built on Falkner Island in 1802.^[1] In 1856, the light was upgraded from lamps to a fourth order Fresnel lens. The light was automated in 1978 and flashes a white light every ten seconds.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Connecticut". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCT.asp. Retrieved 2008-09-08.

Lighthouses of Connecticut

Avery Point Light • Black Rock Harbor Light • Bridgeport Harbor Light • Falkner Island Light • Five Mile Point Light • Great Captain Island Light • Greens Ledge Light • Lynde Point Light • Morgan Point Light • Mystic Seaport Light • New London Harbor Light • New London Ledge Light • Pecks Ledge Light • Penfield Reef Light • Saybrook Breakwater Light • Southwest Ledge Light • Stamford Harbor Ledge Light • Stonington Harbor Light • Stratford Point Light • Stratford Shoal Light • Tongue Point Light

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